Chris Watters

Firm:

Chris Watters Attorneys (Bedforview)

Areas Of Practice:

Extradition Law, Immigration / Emigration, Permanent and Temporary Residence Permits, Work and Study Permits

Phone Number:

+27 (0)11 454 3309

Email address:

immigrationlaw@global.co.za

Position:

Director - Immigration Specialist Attorney

Years of Practice:

Address:

10 Penhurst Avenue, Bedfordview, Johannesburg

Region:

Gauteng / Johannesburg

Area:

Bedfordview

Postal Address:

P O Box 28639, Kensington, 2101

Qualifications:

B.A. in political science [1978] and a Bachelor of Laws degree [1982].- both from Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
Admitted as an attorney of the then Supreme Court of South Africa, in 1985.

History:

Chris Watters is a Immigration Law Specialist that has been in practice for over a quarter of a century with an almost unparalleled background in administrative law and human rights having also worked as a human rights lawyer through much of the Eighties in what was then the most violent period of apartheid South Africa. His ‘activism’ during the Seventies and Eighties resulted in his being detained without trial twice by the apartheid authorities, once for two weeks and an earlier period of almost ten months, which gives him a unique insight into the problems of refugees, persecution and the denial of rights to people.

Mr. Watters regularly lectures and/or deliver papers and/or does training for the Law Societies and other bodies on immigration and refugee law.

Languages:

English